TY - BOOK AU - Dimitriadi,Sophia AU - TI - Diversity, special needs and inclusion in early years education SN - 9789351500292 AV - LC3965.D582.D584 2015 PY - 2015/// CY - New Dehli, India, Thousand Oaks, California PB - SAGE KW - Special education KW - Inclusive education N1 - 1; Foreword; Babette Brown --; Introduction; Sophia Dimitriadi --; Section I. Research, Studies and Projects --; Special educational needs and early childhood practitioners in an Irish context; Mary Moloney and Eucharia McCarthy --; Language issues and preschool education in Kenya : a reflection on diversity, challenges and remedies; Mary Wangechi Kamunyu --; Training innovative preschool students through an ICT Project : a case study from Turkey; Hayal K oksal --; Section II. Approaches and Methods --; Inclusionary education in early years through the use of persona dolls : a case from Greece; Sophia Dimitriadi --; Effective pedagogy for inclusive education : the role of mediated learning experience; Dorothy R. Howie --; Teaching ethical values to preschool children; G ul cin Alp oge --; Section III. Educational Frameworks, Curricula and Models --; Theory and practice of inclusive education in Hungary; Agnes N. Toth --; Multicultural umbrella model : six Cs for successful integration; Jean-Baptiste Quillien, Gabriela M. Theis and Veronica R. Quillien --; Section IV. Literature Review Evidence and Considerations --; Cross-disability approach to inclusion of children; Amitav Mishra and Mousumi Bhaumik --; Young children with disabilities in India : essential competencies of early childhood educators; Ajay Das, Annamaria Jerome-Raja and Sushama Sharma --; Conclusion; Sophia Dimitriadi; 2 N2 - This volume of essays argues for changes in curriculum and teaching methods in educational institutions in order to facilitate inclusiveness rather than segregation of children with special needs.--From publisher description ER -